DMJM Design completed master planning, architecture, and MEP engineering for this renovation project which entailed the conversion of an existing 586-room business hotel into a 532-room resort hotel. The existing facility consisted of two towers (north and south), ballroom and meeting spaces, two wings of low-rise room additions, two pool decks, and a variety of other spaces. The renovation included all guest rooms, corridors, meeting rooms, ballrooms, restaurant, south tower atrium space, public circulation and converting an existing North Tower 16th floor view lounge into presidential suites, guest rooms and suites.
New spaces were added included lobby/entry, porte cochere, spa, gym, meeting rooms and lobby lounge. Major elements of the site renovation included a new main pool and jacuzzi, renovation of the existing lawn, and the addition of a new events lawn, new spa pool and the addition of exterior break out areas at new meeting rooms. One of the challenges of this project was converting an existing central plant that served the hotel’s hot water, steam and partial cooling/heating needs into a central plant with new equipment that serves the entire site’s cooling/heating requirements as well as its hot water requirements. In addition, the project includes the design and reconfiguration of the building and site to meet current ADA requirements. |
